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Bluebeard

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A World War I German ace (Richard Burton) tells his seventh bride (Joey Heatherton) why his castle has a room full of frozen ex-wives.

Critics Reviews

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 10/23/2004
2/4
There is no longer any novelty in watching the sad disintegration of Richard Burton's acting career. Go to Full Review
Ed Gonzalez Apollo Guide 01/01/2000
30/100
The film's gratuitous exploration of female flesh is only exceeded by the way Dmytryk manages to sexualize a nun who becomes Bluebeard's future wife. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com May 23
2/5
…given the sexual politics of the early 70’s, Bluebeard might have been a pertinent, edgy movie, but instead it’s just a shambles of stilted dialogue and oddball politics, delivered haltingly by a cast who genuinely don’t seem to know what they’re doing… Go to Full Review
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 08/27/2020
3/10
Despite the lineup of flesh and international sex symbols, the process proves overlong and borderline boring, unable to muster suspense to supplement the eye candy. Go to Full Review
Robert Sullivan Los Angeles Free Press 01/06/2020
Call it refreshing without filling, bubblegum for the mind, with a little horror, nudity, and Burton theatrics thrown in for fun. Go to Full Review
Maureen Koch Los Angeles Free Press 01/06/2020
As the latest chapter in the Decline and Fall of Richard Burton's career, Bluebeard may be considered the rock-bottom of a long and agonizing slide. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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11/30/2015 If you like looking at gorgeous semi-clad women and ignoring dumb scripts, this movie is for you. See more 05/26/2013 Deliberately and elegantly kitsch... a cult--A Eurosleaze Classic!! See more bill t @Spuzz 07/31/2012 Amusong movie here, made interesting because of Richard Burton and Joey Hetherington yapping at each other about how Burton is such a dick and schmuck at the same time. There's also numerous cameos from a gaggle of starlets (including Raquel Welch) who play Burton's past wives who he has bumped off for one reason or another. It's all a giant female power morality message, or something. See more 05/04/2011 Most of the women are topless in the movie, so you can't beat the scenery. The Nazi symbol looks a little off, though, and I thought the production of the movie was a bit off. The story is based on a French short story from the late 17th century, with the situation updated for the 20th century. It has very little to do with the Kurt Vonnegut novel, which was written about 15 years after this movie was made. See more 04/25/2011 To quote Richard Burton's final line in this trashy wreck of a film, "It's absurd and ridiculous." And that pretty much sums up this film that can't decide if it's set in Germany after WWI with this Nazi-like military (they aren't really swastikas but awfully damn close) or set in the 60s as the polyester contemporary fashions seem to indicate. Lots of women get killed (and quite a few real animals in a hunting sequence) and most of them show off their breasts as a distraction. Burton's accent goes from Welsh to German to some odd mix and Joey Heatherton proves once and for all that she couldn't deliver a line of sincere dialog to save her soul (or in this case her life.) See more 04/20/2009 One of my favorite Richard Burton films! Very imaginative deaths..:) See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A World War I German ace (Richard Burton) tells his seventh bride (Joey Heatherton) why his castle has a room full of frozen ex-wives.
Director
Edward Dmytryk, Luciano Sacripanti
Producer
Alexander Salkind, Pierre Spengler
Screenwriter
Ennio De Concini, Edward Dmytryk, Maria Pia Fusco
Distributor
Anchor Bay Entertainment, Cinerama Releasing Corporation [us]
Production Co
Hungarofilm, Geiselgasteig Film, Gloria Films
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 1, 1972, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 27, 2007
Runtime
2h 5m
Sound Mix
Mono